Finally, Kuwait Football Assoiation hired Romanian Mihai Stoichita to coach its national football (soccer) team. The one year deal is believed to be worth between $300, 000 and $460, 000. Stoichita's first task is to earn one point from the away match at Uzbekistan to qualify for a two-legged play-off against Bahrain in the World Cup Qualifiers.
The winner of that play-off shall then play another two-legged play-off against the 4th ranked team from the CONCACAF region (currently Guatemala with 5 matches to go), and the winner qualifies to the World Cup Finals in 2006.
Stoichita's faces a tough uphill climb as Uzbekistan has not lost at home in World Cup Qualifying matches since February of 2004. Kuwait ranks 56th in the current FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, while Uzbekistan ranks 54th.
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